Memorable Days
The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps
$24.57
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
12 July 2011
Summary
” A well-edited collection … More than friends and less than lovers, Salter and Phelps were literary soul mates.” -Publishers WeeklyIt was James Salter’s third novel, A Sport and a Pastime-together with his film Three and a script he had written for Downhill Racer-that in 1969 prompted Robert Phelps to write a letter of admiration. Though the two writers didn’t know each other, their correspondence went on to span decades.The letters themselves are exceptionally alive, uninhibited, gossipy, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781582437262 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1582437262 |
| Author: | James Salter, Robert Phelps, John McIntyre |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 12 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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Praise for James Salter
“Salter particularly rewards those for whom reading is an intense pleasure.”-Susan Sontag
“Sentence for sentence Salter is the master.”-Richard Ford
“Salter inhabits the same rarefied heights as Flannery O’Connor, Paul Bowles, Tennessee Williams, and John Cheever.-The Washington Post Book World
About The Author
James Salter
James Salter was a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and essayist. Born in 1925, Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel The Hunters led to a fulltime writing career. Salter’s potent, lyrical prose has earned him acclaim from critics, readers, and fellow novelists. He was the recipient of a PEN/Faulkner Award and the PEN/Malamud Award, among others. His novel A Sport and a Pastime was hailed by the New York Times as “nearly perfect as any American fiction.” His other books include Cassada and Light Years. He died on June 19, 2015, at ninety years old.
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